Withoos and Van Wittel

Starting July 8, the work of 17th century Amersfoort master Mathias Withoos will once again be on display side by side with paintings by his pupil Caspar van Flehite.
Museum Flehite, the work of his pupil Caspar van
Wittel.

Withoos and van Wittel

Withoos taught van Wittel in Amersfoort in the art of painting
and the making of cityscapes in particular. It would not be discoverable that both worked on Gezicht op Amersfoort, which has now recently been restored and is back on display at the museum.

Founder Vedutism

Apprentice Van Wittel went to Italy and, under the name Vanvitelli, emerged as the founder of
vedutism. In 2022, Museum Flehite succeeded in acquiring two Italian cityscapes by his hand. View of the Tiber in Rome and view of the Darsena in Naples have just come out of the restoration studio and are on display again in Museum Flehite.

Contemporary cityscapes

Contemporary photographer and vedutist Hans Wilschut was inspired by Van Wittel
inspired and left for Naples. There, from the vantage point
Van Wittel, he captured the Darsena in its full contemporary splendor. The characteristic
characteristic cloudscapes have remained unchanged throughout the centuries.